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Areal Flood Advisory 71, NWS Mobile, AL

August 2, 2016Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 2, 2016, 9:01 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2016, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Aug 2, 8:30 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 8:30 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 4:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
446 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-030945-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL-
BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-
ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
446 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-030945-
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
446 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST
THIS MORNING. THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO
FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATERSPOUTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 7:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia32 min
Aug 1, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia51 min
Aug 1, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin34 min
Aug 1, 9:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile40 min
Aug 2, 11:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin3 hr
Aug 2, 12:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile38 min
Aug 2, 1:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile3 hr
Aug 2, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw38 min
Aug 2, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile52 min
Aug 2, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington38 min
Aug 2, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington35 min
Aug 2, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe50 min
Aug 2, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile33 min
Aug 2, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox44 min
Aug 2, 4:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBWilcox3 hr
Aug 2, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw50 min
Aug 2, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw47 min
Aug 2, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke35 min
Aug 2, 10:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Aug 2, 11:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Aug 1, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge44 min
Aug 1, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene30 min
Aug 1, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene26 min
Aug 1, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry47 min
Aug 2, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge38 min
Aug 2, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge42 min
Aug 2, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry48 min
Aug 2, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne46 min
Aug 2, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne50 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.